ah ah, nuclear disaster hangs over the continent as the ukrainian military shells europe's biggest nuclear power plant. that's all according to russia and void to the united nations. the u. s. a secretary of state anthony blinking looks to confirm america's commitment to africa earlier in the week while blaming russia for the continents food problems. and as india prepared to mock 75 years of independence from british rule and the pod petition of the country into both india and pakistan in the program, we hear the story of one man whose family was split between the states. it's been

75 years. i remember those days that day when we were separated and you never came back, only your memories remain with top stories over the week and of today. welcome to the weekly onasia international . so the head of the russia back administration in ukraine's, zapata, all she region say that authorities are considering shutting down the nuclear power plant. that's as the ukranian army reportedly shell, the power station for a 2nd time. his correspondent, eager to start off. these are for oscar nuclear power plant is being shelled, relentlessly and well quite religiously by the ukrainian side. today's yet another instance of their attempts to well caused damage to the facility and now it has been held before it has been shelled literally hours before a before russia cooled,

an emergency meeting with the un security council literally hours before that meeting happened, the power plant had been shelled and on the 5th on the 7th of august as well. so it is a target for the ukrainian force as this is according to the russian side. you feel like it was super approval. so if the attacks of ukrainian army continue a nuclear catastrophe could happen at any moment, in this case, the entire responsibility for this will fall on the western sponsors of key if even though ukraine denies allegations and is saying something along the lines that russia is that shelling its own positions is a shelling its own infrastructure, so something that most or has clearly brushed off. indeed, speaking of the consequences, they can be absolutely devastating huge territories in ukraine. russia and other countries will be under the threat of radioactive contamination. the real scale of a nuclear disaster at the plant is impossible to even imagine if the nuclear power plant was indeed to be destroyed. and interestingly enough, ukraine was to be hit,

the hardest. it was too bad the most of the impact effectively, the entire country would have to go through the nuclear fallout. bella roost parts of russia as well. and depending on the wins, in fact, it's hard to predict as to how far and how and in what direction the nuclear, this nuclear fallout cloud will travel, eastern europe, western europe could be impacted as well. if you crane continues this highly irresponsible behavior. well, it's not being reported in the western press, but for weeks russia has been calling for the international atomic energy agency to come and visit this power plot. but the i e, a chief stated at the last un security council meeting that quote, there is no immediate threat to the nuclear power plant right now. or the u. s. representative put the blame fully on russia and demanded a full withdrawal of russian troops who actually secured the plant in march and had

been guarding it ever since. the cause of the situation at the zip reacher facility is not a mystery. it is another tragic result of the russian federation decision to further invade. it's the sovereign neighbor ukraine. russia alone created risks, and it can eliminate those risk now, by withdrawing from ukraine. turning a blind eye to why the conflict in ukraine started is just covering up the west's real intentions. now hold on a 2nd. that's according to former american senator richard black. right now, there are such enormous force from the west, from the us, from nato, from the united kingdom. there's tremendous pressure from the western media to never say anything bad about ukraine and to make up any kind of dying that you can say against the russians. that's becoming

a little bit frayed peop, the information is beginning to leak out. and people are beginning to say, you know, wait a minute. it wasn't russia that started this war. it was nature. they started the war because they forced brushes back to the wall where the president, he had no alternative for to defend the sovereign territory of russia. and he had to launch an attack to do that in order to preempt the attack that ukraine was planning against the don bass, misty, international faces and evaluation by external experts who will look into it's a recent report on controversial ukrainian military tactics. that's according to lots of media reports. the exposure has drawn western scorn and pushed back from ukraine, including calls to fire those an amnesty international that worked on the paper. i

misty faced the torrent of criticism with its co founder pear weisberg resigning from his position. following the release of the report, the organizations chief agnes callum r. defended the report saying the work is impartial and accusations of bias against ukraine. a baseless, there's some media i've even called for the human rights and g o. just to shut a shelf in close. it is time for amnesty international to completed 60 emission and go down in history before memories of the heroic days of a struggle for human rights have faded. the scandal with the cranium report is a moment that amnesty should season close its doors forever. it is the only remaining honorable exit worthy of a nobel peace prize winner. unfortunately, amnesty international did not understand this, and thus it condemned itself to shameful and painful end reports. the state, the ukrainian army, was deliberately placing troops or military vehicles in a residential areas and therefore endangering civilian lives. this comes as i'm as

the cold, the ukrainian tactics, quote, a violation of you, she monetary and law, and cold on key after stop putting civilians in harm's way. the report accuses ukraine of placing its army in schools and hospitals within residential areas. however, other outlets have been slightly more balanced in their approach to what the report actually said. the organization says it's researchers documented multiple cases of ukrainian forces, basing themselves in schools and hospitals, and launching attacks from populated neighborhoods, joined russian fire that endangered civilian lives. president vladimir lensky would have done better to acknowledge that even his heroic defenders are capable of air and take the report to heart. instead of accusing amnesty, we discuss the issue with a dan kovachick, a human rights lawyer who says, it's strange to criticize a human rights watchdog reporting on human rights. i think it's absurd. you know,

i don't understand petitioning and human rights group because you don't like the fact that they're reporting on human rights abuses. let's face people, you know, amnesty international job, which honestly i don't see them largely carrying out is to be neutral. to tell, you know, both sides of the story of the one time they report truthfully, on the on, you know, ukraine's violations that's appropriate, that people should not be lobbying them to, to change how they're reporting or to fire people who report on things that you know, they find inconvenient, the whole point of human rights group is to tell truth. people don't want to hear, right? that's why they, these groups exist. so if they want to keep their integrity, they should stand by the report not given to public pressure, not fire people because of the report. president dro biden's policies have been

dismissed as having little to do with democracy. in an interview, a former congresswoman tulsa, gaba cost doubt that watching transactions in ukraine actually have the country's best interests at heart. have a listen to this. despite their lectures and their crocodile tears, it's never been about morality. it's not about the people of ukraine or protecting democracy. this is about regime change in russia and exploiting this war to strengthen nato and feed the military industrial complex. and joe biden. it's even about bringing about quote, a new world order. but it's not the 1st time that chelsea gavin has been critical of dro biden's policies on fox news. she also pinned europe's energy crisis squarely on the shoulders of the u. s. president suggesting that similar repercussions could soon be in store for every day american swell. we discussed our goblets, stones with earl rasmussen, of the eurasia center. she was exactly right. she,

her statement as far as that, this is not about ukraine. it's not about european values. it's not about democracy. it's about regime change. it's about containment of russia and ultimately regime change. and ultimately, i would say dismantling of russia as well. i think similar is happening. we've got another play going on with taiwan and china, also filthy gabbert, carl mcgregor, grand greenwald, the whole list of them. unfortunately, they're not widely heard, and most of the media is completely controlled. it's projecting whatever the policy of the government is. and i mean if you listen, sam s n b c or c, and then it's like somebody wrote a script from them and they're leaving, you don't even have basically the saying the same thing over and over again. it's also gabbert right on the money and has hit completely correct her statement.

on monday, india mark's 75 years of independence from british rule. whenever 3 also linked to a rather divisive chapter known as history, that's been called that of the partition. that's when british india was broken up into the separate states of india and pakistan. the move led to the vast displacement of people and bloody clashes on a newly drawn border. ortiz runjun shot him takes a look back at the time via a one man's personal story. good night when the way speak. india when a week later, in a moment come rich, come much around in his study. when we get out on noon noon, when the new gin and with 70 sizes,

the go to send, sees of british rules came to an end. but one of the most diverse sub continents in the world was now divided into 2 hindu majority. india and muslim homeland to pakistan. this british lead blonde, resulted in the biggest fullest migration of the 20th century, owed a 1000000 people lost their lives in what became to known as the partition. my grandparents were amongst the millions of people who made that journey from across the border during partition. i couldn't get to know their stories and struggles as i was quite young when i lost them a chance of hearing 1st hand accounts of people who had similar experiences. maybe on a while. mean johnny. do you remember that day? what happened on 15th august 1947. when the partition happened, we were here in the same village, the same district of good westport. i remember when the line was drawn, but it still wasn't decided on which side my village would fall. at that time,

75 years ago, there was no tv or radio. only one person to the next village had a radio. and on the 15th of august, thousands of people from different villages gathered at the home of this person with the radio. as the fate of our district, whether it will be part of india or pakistan, was to be decided on many amend from our village. i also went there to hear the decision and he came and told us that we would remain in india. i still remember the day very clearly. the partition has been harvest on the nub and state of been job during about millions of hindus seeks and muslims who had lived together in harmony for generations over the decades that followed some last conduct. are those managed to maintain their friendship? believe raj, who's now 90 to close his childhood, muslim friend chill hom, across the board, old as hello molly?

cool. my king american. it's been 75 years. i remember those days that day when we were separated and you never came back, only your memories remain 75 years ago. molly raj, until hom, lived in the same neighborhood until a man me border, physically separate and then they all laughed. there was law amongst us and we believed like brothers. the hate was bred by politics and the british over there did ruins and sharma, arte but job. the u. s. a secretary of state assures that the u. s. is not competing with any one in the sub saharan region. these comments made while on to it or south africa, the dnc and re wanda. just a bit earlier in the week now is visit does come hot on the heels of russia's foreign minister, sort of a lover of who received a very warm welcome in several countries on that continent. just days before lincoln arrived, we've seen the repercussions of rushes worn ukraine,

which are felt across the planet. and especially across africa in rising food and energy prices. what we see most of all, is a true partnership between the united states and africa. we don't want an unbalanced or transactional relationship. and our commitment to a stronger partnership with africa is not about trying to outdo anyone else. well, the co, inciting, with the visit or the white house release as a document detailing it's brand new strategy towards sub saharan regions. the plan promotes u. s. investment and involvement in african nations policies, including things like pandemic, st climate change food security. and while blinking refutes that his tour is an attempt to counter russia and china is growing ties with the continent. a new report released by the white house on us strategy in the region however, does seem to suggest otherwise the people's republic of china by contrast, the region as an important arena to challenge the rules based international order.

and we can us relations with african peoples and governments. russia use the region as a permissive environment for paras, stables, and private military companies, often fermenting instability for strategic and financial benefit. and while the u. s. aim to continue its presence in the region. china now stands, south africa's biggest trading partner. in fact, most goes trade with the country is also on the rise with a monthly exports from russia up more than 4 times and just the past 12 months. all of it does of the u. s. secretary of state, try to convince south africa to sever ties with both russia and china and south africa talk different about says, blame for problems on the continent. rests with those who are capitalizing on the regions. resources. this fear that we exist under some push is i think, a totally a rear, unfounded. a belief in the relationship that we have with eva country is also

a concern about countries that have mineral interests in african countries are not there as a destabilizing force. so i think we need to look at the foot, florida of problems that give rise to insecurity, bad governance, and the absence of democracy on the african continent. it's not a one country problem in it's our new strategy, washington also sites quote, a long and proud history of supporting africa. so we discussed the whole strategy with joe ultman, host of the conservative bailey podcast. i don't think the u. s. has ever respected the sovereignty of other nations and when they talk about the stabilization, they can look no further than themselves. and the sad part about with the u. s. says it's just a bunch of rhetoric and look, i'm, i'm an american and i'm proud to be an american, but the apparatus within the u. s. government has long been a destabilizing force in almost putting at, you know, african a place where they can't grow. they can't excel at the same rate that other

countries across the world are growing and that has a lot more to do with their natural resources and how they can get access to those resources. so no, i don't believe they respect the sovereignty of any decision that they make. and i and i, i'm actually fearful that it's going to become a tug of war. and the people of those african agent, 54 nations, are the ones that are going to suffer and the african nation. firstly, south africa does not trust the united states or many notions don't trust united states. i don't think anything united states does right now will be seen as anything other than a grand standing and making empty promises that they will be in the future not be able to deliver. we're committed it is good to have you with us today. now it was a this week that some european countries were discussing new ways to sanction russia. as the block considers bar wearing russian people from getting shank n visas to europe. it follows as a number of politicians called on the e. u to deny russians any access to europe, as long as the conflict in ukraine continues. moscow slammed the initiative as

russo phobic saying it's been 80 years since sentiments similar to these remarks by finland and estonia were lost voiced on the european continent. it's not right that at the same time as russia's waging and aggressive, brutal war of aggression in europe. russians can live a normal life travel in europe, be tourists. it is not right. stop a sheen to resist to russians. visiting europe is a privilege not so human rights are child from russia, shut down, it means washing and congress issued these. his neighbors to russia carried the badge in time to an tourist from russia. now latvia for its pod is made of raw the contentious statement against russia. as the baltic country declared russia, a state sponsor of terrorism, claiming moscow intentionally target civilians in ukraine. the russian foreign ministry has lashed out at the motion, defining it as quote, a provocation. another hostile action by lot fin lawmakers fits

perfectly into the anti russian hysteria unleashed by riga. after all, it is well known that the pathological russo phobia of la fi is ruling elite, has already caused serious economic and social issues in this baltic country. bringing down the standard of living for its population. and it's only getting worse when lemons. i'm some in europe of notice the blogs self hom policy towards russia. one of them, the austrian presidential candidate, gerald gross. he told us here at oddity that brussels try to shift the blame for its quote skits of frantic policy on russia. earlier, he also broke down the situation for local media. you may see me dirty boy carrie meal, whose latoya is shamika baron, seaboard can ga smith. oh, well that's home denser. yeah. cuz i also younger guys. oh guys. my company in a sense of a no, you cannot do without energy on one hand and then complain about the lack of energy and fear, black out on the other speak of the devil. and the devil shows up that

a skis, a freak. and that is what currently characterizes to european elite skis of freen, yet they are in favor of sanctions against russia. on the one hand there waging their economic war against russia because of military conflict, that in reality, does not affect europe in any way. and on the other hand, they complain about the reaction to the economic war. namely, the lack of gas guess is not only used for heating, but guess from russia, which we have received for the last 50 years, is also used to secure the electricity supply. this means that if you want to secure the supply of electricity on the european continent, then we must also an economic sanctions against russia and try to restore a reasonably satisfactory solution for the people through diplomacy. latino handler, which want to contribute to rachel marston, who says that a europe is only now just starting to experience the boomerang effects of its own

sanctions. it seems like a slow motion car crash here in france already. for example, we're seeing public officials using the engineer gas shortage as an excuse to reduce public services. now, public swimming pools, both near paris and in the south of france, have made news recently when local governments said that they were shutting them down for the rest of the summer. to save money. the mayor of catherine. yes. which is in the south of france said the high costs now mean that she has to choose between purchases like organic food for kids, school lunches, or the pool. so the pool got the axe during one of the hottest summers on record. so you can see the ball is already rolling on rationing, even in anticipation of a shortage later this year. and we haven't even begun to see where the knock on effects might pop up. now to make matters worse, norway, which is otherwise known as europe's battery, produces hydro electric energy that typically exports to the you and to the u. k.

but now it's saying that because it's lacking water because of the dry and, and heat, it now feels that it will be able to step up and help with exports this year. and just when you think that things couldn't possibly get a worse, the financial times is now reporting that european utility companies like francis energy giant, are they f r, sounding the alarm over radioactive, contamination of liquefied natural gas deliveries from britain to the e. u. m. originally sourced from the u. s. and cutter, the problem could to cause pipelines between britain and the e to close. and the new york times is reporting that the looming energy crisis is causing germany to reconsider and nuclear energy. a power source over which berlin has absolutely lambasted paris for maintaining. so i guess better, send gretta timber over there to yell at them. maybe perhaps she can beat zalinski

in a screaming match because really all of this economic and environmental harm, including the refusal to fire up the nordstrom to pipeline, which let's face, it's just sitting there, gathering dust is being done in the name of ukraine. i say yes, the government rules it out. we face difficult months ahead. but it is clear that we stand firmly on the side of ukraine and we stand behind the sanctions that we agreed together with the european union in the international community. and it's not just europeans who are suffering, but also folks in the global south. europe is also apparently dragging along countries like pakistan and bangladesh behind the energy price roller coaster. the fact that emerging countries in south asia, like pakistan, for example, are currently experiencing one power blackout after the other is also a consequence of europe's failed energy policy. in its attempt to free itself from its dangerous dependency on russia. record speed, the u. s. causing massive turbulence on the global energy markets, which hit 4 countries particularly hard, but least europe is united right?

well, maybe not counting those opting out from the gas cuts or poland, which wants the rest of europe to keep their hands off polish. guess. russian president vladimir putin may not be quaking in his boots at all fis stellar competence, but europeans sher might be as winter approaches. legendary french heroine, joan of arc, will appear before audiences of a famous london globe theater like never before. now as a gender neutral character in a drastic re thinking by the globes autistic director, the patron saint of france, we played by it's about tom, a non binary actor and a new production i. joan written also by a non binary. also, the play includes day and then pronouns, and according to shakespeare's home theaters management aimed to quote question the

gender binary. the decision to strip joan of arc of a gender identity ignited heated debates on line literally thousands of people criticizing the globe for its approach on history. congratulations, you've managed to insult the majority of women in the world. the catholic church for whom joan of arc was a patron saint and the french saint joan has and will be a source of strength for women and girls. long after the globe returns to rebel. these people are pathetic. the cult of the pronoun brigades strikes again. she was a woman and a role model for women and girls. stop stealing, our women stopped the crap. the globes joan of arc is yet another attempt to remove women from their own rightful stories and spaces. the whole thing has got so far out of hand. now it's beyond parity. i won't be watching this or anything that seeks to neutralize or minimize what a woman is. earlier in the program, i spoke with mani halacha, a community activist,

and we discussed these issues surrounding what has fost become a very controversial topic. i was actually really surprised how much debate this has stirred up. and i think, in my opinion, i think what sort of happening is very interesting because we have 2 groups that have faced discrimination. you have women that historically faced discriminate and, but you also have 99 binary people. and just to be clear, 9 binary individuals are individuals who do not identify with any gender male or female. and i think whenever you have a situation, you really have, you know, to sort of disadvantage groups that are both buying, to be heard. you know, and i think also like my opinion and i feel like both, both sides think really, really valid viewpoints. you know, going, going back, she was born in the 15th century so, so basically, and i don't even show kind of cool or a hero or can i call her a heroine right now i'm getting really confused about this. but for apparently,

for 600 years, joe dog was a woman. something just changed. yes. yes. that i think, you know what you see. i mean, i think the issue really here is, you know, you're balancing artistic that the artistic expression and freedom of a theater trip to produce, of play. you know, versus the fact that you know, john of are, she wasn't woman, this is the thing, isn't it? now children today are being entrusted with making a decision on their own. i mean, even a full year, a full year old child before you're right. you know, they're there i, i was reading something online recently about about a, about a woman who had had a boy, he was about 4 years old or so. and he decided in his own words, he didn't like his p p. and because of that, he got together was mother, they had a big talk about and she said okay, get rid of it. you can change your agenda. so he changes his gender, the age of 4 or 5 years old. does the understand that? yeah, i mean, that's a very, very extreme case and i like it in my experience,

we have, you know, teenagers that are sort of, you know, grappling with, you know, what is the identity. they feel comfortable. it's all well and good for you and me to make up our minds about l. g. p t q, stoffel agenda issues. but when it comes to children today, there are many saying that they're just being indoctrinated in schools to, to go along with this and we should, we, the potentially parents be worried about what this might be doing to the heads and minds of children today. children are going to be exposed to many, many, many different things in school with their friends on the internet. i think it's really and comment on parents to have like, good solid relationships with their children. we have these discussions that's good to have your company for the sunday weekly program here when odyssey international . thanks for joining us here. we'll continue highlighting the top stories over the week and of today throughout the day on our t international. but if you miss us, check us out on telegram odyssey and gab

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